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Don’t miss out on student competitions available from NASA. Check this page often for new additions.
NASA Earth & Space Air Prize
Audience: Higher Education Students
Registration Deadline: Dec. 13, 2017
The competition asks individuals to design and develop sensors(探测装置) useful in spaceflight as well as on Earth. Three finalists will receive $50,000 each to build a functioning sensor according to their suggestions. The winner will receive a $100,000 award.
Future Engineers: Two for the Crew Challenge
Audience: K-12 Students
Registration Deadline: Dec. 19, 2017
Use your head to create a tool that combines the functions of two objects already being used by crew aboard the International Space Station! Visit the Challenge Website to find out about space station tools and to get brainstorming resources to help you create a design. The site provides links to free 3-D design software. The winning design will be 3-D printed on the station. Prizes include "3-D Printing in Space" prize packs, a 3-D printer for your school and a trip to Washington, D.C.!
Mission X 1 2 : Train Like an Astronaut — Walk to the Moon Challenge
Audience: All Educators and Students, Home School Parents and After-school Groups
Registration Deadline: Dec. 31, 2017
Mission X encourages children of all ages to seek healthy lifestyles based on training like an astronaut. In 2018, Mission X is challenging fit explorers around the world to work together to perform activities in which all will move online mascot(吉祥物) Astro Charlie the 478 million steps required to walk from the Earth to the moon! That’s 238,857 miles, or 384,403 kilometers! The challenge starts in January. Visit the website for full challenge details.
21.Who is NASA Earth & Space Air Prize most likely intended for?
A. High school students. B. Home school parents.
C. College students. D. College educators.
22.What can we know about the "Mission X 2018"?
A. It kicks off in the year of 2018.
B. It aims to find potential astronauts.
C. It allows of an experience of flying.
D. It provides participants with cash prizes.
23.What’s the purpose of this passage?
A. To call on people to visit NASA. B. To stress the importance of creativity.
C. To introduce the development of NASA. D. To attract people to NASA competitions.
